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Did you know?

• Forty-three of 50 of the nation's largest corporations are led by Greeks.
  

• Three Fourths of Congress is Greek.
  
  
• Two-thirds of all Presidential Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
  
  
• Of Supreme Court Justices since 1910, 85% have been Greek.
  
• Since fraternities began in 1825, all but three US Presidents belonged to a fraternity.
  
  
• Eighty-five percent of the Fortune 500 chief executives belong to a fraternity.
  
  
• Today, 65 fraternities with over 6,000 chapters on more than 800 campuses in the U.S. and Canada, include 400,000 undergraduates and a total living membership of over 4.5 million.
  
  
• Similarly, there are 26 sororities with over 2,660 chapters in the U.S. in Canada and a total membership of more than 2.5 million women.
  
  
• Well over 7 million dollars and a million service hours are contributed to charities and social service agencies each year by fraternities alone.
  
  
• Greek organization members have a higher graduation rate than non-members.

Greek Alphabet

	Alpha		Nu
	Beta		Xi
	Gamma		Omicron
	Delta		Pi
	Epsilon		Rho
	Zeta		Sigma
	Eta		Tau
	Theta		Upsilon
	Iota		Phi
	Kappa		Chi
	Lambda		Psi
	Mu		Omega

Active: fully-initiated member of a fraternity or sorority.

Alumnus (plural: alumni/alumnae): member of a fraternity or sorority who has graduated.

Bid: formal invitation to membership from a fraternity or sorority to a prospective member.

Brother: term used by initiated members in a fraternity when referring to each other.

Sister: term used by initiated members in a sorority when referring to each other.

Fraternity/Sorority: group of individuals bound together by common goals and rituals.

Greek: member of a fraternity or sorority.

Independent: person who is not a member of a fraternity or sorority.

Initiation: traditional ritual which brings the pledge into full membership in the chapter.

Interfraternity Council (IFC): representative governing body of all fraternities on campus. All NIC fraternities choose to participate in the Council.

Panhellenic Council (PHC): representative governing body of all sororities on campus. All NPC sororities choose to participate in the Council.

Legacy: prospective member of a fraternity or sorority who is the son, brother, daughter, sister, or other relative of a member of the fraternity or sorority.

Pin: the member pin is worn on the chest designating an initiate of a fraternity or sorority.

New Member/Associate Member: trial member of a fraternity or sorority who is working to become an initiate.

Recruitment: the activity by which fraternities and sororities seek new members.